THE 2015 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SEMIFINAL AT THE GOODYEAR COTTON BOWL CLASSIC • DECEMBER 31, 2015 • ARLINGTON, TEXAS

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Thursday, December 19th, 2002

TEXAS PREPARES FOR 22nd TRIP TO SBC COTTON BOWL

AUSTIN, Texas - With final exams complete and their matchup with the LSUTigers in the 67th SBC Cotton Bowl Classic just three weeks away, theninth-ranked Texas Longhorns (10-2, 6-2 Big 12) have turned up the intensitya notch. The Longhorns, who began their bowl week practice schedule two daysago, had a spirited 90-minute, full-pads practice at Frank Denius Fields onThursday morning.After working in shells on Tuesday, UT has donned full pads the last twodays. Head coach Mack Brown said both sessions have been extremely physicalas the Longhorns try to regain the form that saw them defeat intra-staterival Texas A&M 50-20 two-and-a-half weeks ago.We've had two really physical practices the last two days, Brown said.Yesterday was a sharp practice and today we got a lot of things done. We'retrying to be more consistent and get back to where we were when we playedTexas A&M. We'll have another physical practice tomorrow morning, then havea kicking practice on Saturday.The Longhorns will break camp following Saturday's workout so the playersand coaching staff can spend Christmas together with their families andfriends. UT is scheduled to meet in Dallas on Christmas night and resumeworkouts a week from today on the campus of Southern Methodist University.UT leads the all-time series with LSU, 8-7-1, but the two teams have notmet, ironically, since the 1963 Cotton Bowl (a 13-0 LSU victory). TheLonghorns have won five of the past seven meetings overall and nine of the16 series matchups have resulted in shutout victories (five by LSU and fourby UT).This year marks UT's 22nd appearance in the Classic and its 42nd all-time(No. 3 in NCAA history). The Longhorns have posted 19-20-2 record in bowlgames and are 10-10-1 in their previous Cotton Bowl appearances.